WRITER Fleur Speakman has kept herself busy during the coronavirus lockdown and has celebrated her 80th birthday by publishing a collection of short stories. Fleur, who lives in Burley-in-Wharfedale with her husband and fellow writer, Colin Speakman
PANIC was beginning to rise in our neighbouring town of Keighley earlier today when government Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced there had been a spike in Covid-19 in the town. Speaking to BBC News, Matt Hancock claimed there was a spike
THE Armed Forces Flag was lowered at Holy Trinity Church in Skipton on Saturday and presented to Harry Dowson, the Skipton Standard Bearer. The socially distanced ceremony was organised by Craven District Council and the Royal British Legion late
BELEAGURED tourism body Welcome to Yorkshire has received pledges of continued support from both Craven District Council and North Yorkshire County Council. The WtY board met last week in private to discuss future options after announcing recently
SILSDEN-based Ecology Building Society has appointed Sarah Kemp to its executive team. She has taken-up the newly-created role of head of risk and compliance. Sarah, a qualified audit and financial crime specialist, has previously held senior
SPRING lambs numbers topped the 2,000 mark for the first time this season at Skipton Auction Mart on Monday - and by some margin, with the 2,310 head penned for sale almost 600 up on the previous week. Despite the significantly increased turnout
COMPARED to the real dramas faced by trailblazing jockey Michelle Payne in 1990s Australia, it would be fair to say Ride Like a Girl, the new biopic to tell her story, is soft in execution. It screens with a televisual quality and gentile tone,
LIBRARIES across Craven are due to start a phased reopening from next week - but buildings will remain largely closed until coronavirus restrictions allow. Skipton Library will be one of the 11 county council run libraries to operate by initially
PEOPLE in Skipton and Malham have been taking part in Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. They have joined millions of people across the world calling for an end to racial repression and to bring about
A GRASSINGTON business is preparing to reopen on Saturday, 12 years to the day its owner first threw open the doors and began to trade. Grassington House Restaurant and Bar, owned by John and Susan Rudden, has been closed since lockdown was announced
MORE of your wonderful photos taken around the region. We welcome all contributions; send submissions to news@cravenherald.co.uk. Our contributors have asked us to point out that these photos were taken either before the lockdown or during their allowed
IN the latest edition of our look back through the T&A archives, here are five cricket pictures from years gone by. Do you recognise yourself or anyone you know in any of these great photos? Our first picture shows Burley-in-Wharfedale’s
